St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-27


conclusion he complained that the state
mentS made by Mr.. BalfOur, chief sec
retary for Ireland, and only given
out last night left me no time for the
examination of their character. Mr..
BalfOur had presented series of al
legged facts in justification of the gov
| eTnment'S action. These allegations
| the house should have chance to cor
rObOrate or refute before coming to
decision. Sir r. E. Webster, attorney
general, held that the reason why there
was not more convictions of crime i'll Ire
land was simply because of terror of the
league. He reminded the house thaS
Earl Spencer'S government had repeat
edly proclaimed land league meetings,
and that Sir George 0. Trevelyan had
supported these prOclamatiOnS on the
ground that the objects of the Land
league were to put down landlordism
and to affect a separation between
Ireland and England. The objects of
the existing league, said the speaker,
were the same. Its aims had not been
changed. Abundant evidence had al
ready been adduced as to the evil work
ings of the league. The government
would now try the experiment whether
the suppression. of league meetings
would not
LESSEN THE INTIMIDATION.
Irish cheerSl. They were told this
would be the death struggle. Well,
either the league or the government
would go down. Irish cheeringl. He
did not fear for the result. The govern
ment would be supported by the con-
sciOusnesS that they had done their
duty. Harrington (NatiOnalisD said that
as one largely responsible for the league
a IN lx- ff.f oka col linn nil n1t
had been hurled at its character. He read
letters from branches of the league con-
demning the practices which the gov
ernment declared the league promoted.
The league repudiated every form of
outrage. The league would go Oh doing
what it had done, in spite of prOclama-
tiOnS, which had no terrOrS for the Irish
people. Cheers. Mr.. MacCartney de-
clared that a large majority of the peO-
pc were heartily sick of the leagues
policy. He said that the proclamation
was necessary because the league would
never attain its primary objects by con-
stitutional means. Mr.. William Red
mOnd accused the Orange society of
worse intimidation than was ever
charged to the league, which was a
genuine national association. Under
certain circumstances, he said, boycott
ing was juStifiable and necessary.
Cheers SFom the ministerial
branches Lord Harrington said
he did not think the speech of
Mr.. Redmond would influence those
present in favor of the constitutional
and legitimate character of the league.
He doubted whether. if Sir George 0.
Trevelyan'S views upon the crimes act
had been known in Brighton, he would
have got the support OF the Irish elect
Ors. Laughter Sir George did not
dwell on the tyranny of the league or
the ruin and loss it caused. nor
did he enter upon the question
whether Lord Salisbury and Earl
Spencer were justified in the policies
they adopted. The question for present
decision was whether the previous pol
10y, which had G1un so 0SucceSsful, should
be followed by the present government,
if the tyranny of the league became
more rampant and more organized now.
As far as the action of an association
was wholly political it could not be con-.
demned, but if the action of all aSsocia-
ton destroyed the
LIBERTY OF THE PEOPLE
and Subverted good government, it did
not matter what the supposed. motives
of the association were. 1t was enough
that its action was hostile to social
order. TCheers. The house had al
ready decided that intimidation pre-
vailed preventing persons from
pursuing their lawful occupations. 1t
was not the duty of the govern
ment to lay before parliament the in
formation desired by the opposition.
The crimes act was part of the law.
Action was taken by the government as
the executive. 1t was not necessary to
produce evidence iii support of eXecu-
tive acts. He contradicted the reports
that he had disagreed with the gov
ernment upon the step proposed.
He believed that the leagues aim was
spoliation and injustice and that its
methods were in defiance of the law.
Cheers.
Lord Harrington thought the govern
mcnt might have acted hastily,
but with their aim and object he
entirely and earnestly sympathiZed.
They were justified by the facts.
Sir William Vernon HarcCurt said to-
night he believed that the Unionists
would be resolved into their original
atoms. Some would vote for the gov
ernment and some for the resolution.
Such was the union of the UnionistS.
Laughter and cheers. Lord Hartin-
toms support of the government,
he said, was certainly not of
the most cordial character. His
concluding argument was weak because
this authoritive act would have actually
periShed unless it had parliament's ap-
proval. [Cheers.l The government al
lowed a verdict of not guilty to be en-
tered in several clauses of the indict-
ment against the league for they
DID NOT DARE
to proclaim it as an association for the
promotion of crime or interfering with
the maintenance of law and order. The
government wanted to strike the league
because it was inconvenient to the pOlit-
ical opinions and to the pecuniary in
terestS of the class they rep
resented; and it was character
istic of them that the first
person struck was an Irish member of
parliament, and the editor of an Irish
newspaper. Sir William complained
that the miniStry'S conduct in quoting
from untabled documents was a scan
dalous endeavOr to blast the reputation
and suspend the liberties of the whole
people upon evidence that would
not be received against the meaneSt
criminal. Mr.. GOSchen said the gov
ernment were fully conscious of their
responsibility. He argued that the
league was the outcome of the growth
of the Land league. which the Liberals
had proclaimed. Its system was ac-
knowfedged in its earliest days as
likely to supercede the necessity
of overt acts OF outrage, and now the alb
sence of outrage was pointed out as
ground forrefusing to sanction the proc
lamation. There was nothing in any
country of the world that could equal
this fearful system of espionage carried
OH under the auspices of the league.
Mr.. DilIon-I utterly deny that a sys-
TEN Of espionage is carried on by the
league. Irish cheers.
Mr.. GoSchen-Then l should like to
know how everything happened to be
branches OF the league. Ample evidence
has proved the existence of a system